I weigh in weekly and plan on posting here to keep me focused. If anybody else wants to post their losses on fridays with me feel free. I figure the more the merrier and we can cheer each other on as we start climbing back down the scale! Personally I find Fridays help keep me focused over the weekends.

Good job Heather! We're here to support you, and it's never to late for any of us to get back on the band wagon again!

No change for me this week.......ugh...

Guess I should be ok with that since treats have been around and I bought a box (small box) of bourbon balls last weekend that I've munched on a bit (1 or 2 a day).

Busy week coming materials for new flooring arrived yesterday cleaning out the living room and kitchen to get ready for installation on Monday.

Up .5# this week (and I've been putting off making the cookies...bourbon balls are my fav). Oooo JT...new floors for xmas, yay!

Good Morning. 234.5 today.

Huge family gathering on Thursday night, so I'll probably do my Friday Weigh In on Thursday next week. (or skip it altogether)

283.00 which is -2 lbs this week. I made an appointment with my Doc for 1/12. I've only had one fill. I'm sure I'm going to be in for a major lecture.

Some other things I've done to get back on track:

1. Made appointment with Therapist. Need to get to the root of why I always set myself up to fail. Why don't I ever finish what I start? Why do I let stress = eating? Why, why, why?! Thought I was in a better place before being banned, I guess I was just fooling myself because I wasn't dealing with major stress at that point. Clearly I have to change in more ways.

2. Signed up with a friend to do a Biggest Loser like competition at our health club. We will be teamed up with two strangers. 12 week program starting 1/12 (same day as my Doc visit). They measure you & give health/exercise assesment the first week. Weekly weigh ins recorded and sent to all participants. Well they send % of weight loss, they do not share your weight.

3. Ordered new jeans in a size smaller. I will get in those soon!!

Heather, the "track" is looking good. All the best to you.

Please keep in touch and let us know if we can help with anything.

Judy

Friday came & went & I forgot to log! 163.8 - yep thats a nice loss, I had my 6th and maybe final fill on Wednesday and my surgeon requires 48 hours of Clear liquids after - so yeah, I lost. And I have great restriction now, with only a .25cc fill! Yay.

Heather, you are doing exactly the right thing setting up an appointment with someone who can help you with the eating patterns. It is my #1 issue. I have the food intake part down and the exercise part down, but no one did surgery on this brain that has spend 47 years establishing certain nueral pathways that I now have to re-wire. It is hard, hard work!

I take a 4-week series of classes in Overcoming Emotional Eating every 2 months, and it has been SOOO helpful. Also David Kessler's book The end of overeating (or something like that) and the Beck Diet Solution - the book and the workbook. It's all about the head hunger, and it doesn't just go away because you can't eat as much anymore. The very best thing that I have done for my head hunger is to keep a detailed log of everthing I eat, my hunger at the time I ate it (on a scale of 1-5) and what my emotions were at the time - especially for snacking. I bought a journal in a health food store that has spaces to log stuff like that. When I log, drink my Water, and get to the gym, I lose. When I stop, I don't lose - but I don't gain too much either.

Good luck!

I weighed in at 230 this week. Guess that's pretty good since I've indulged a bit in holiday treats.

Down a pound this week...just .5 and I'll be at 75# (my next goal). I can't even believe I lost weight over Christmas...I ate snacks/appetizers, drank lots of alcohol and ate a little of everything, including a few cookies. I'm starting to feel 'normal' when it comes to food LOL! I love my band!

I was 165, so up a tad but I think the dreaded "carb bloat" accounts for it! Groupie I am with you, I can eat a little of anything and be perfectly happy - I feel "normal" about/around food for the first time in my life! Loving, loving, loving my band :biggrin: BUT . . . still SO much head work to do!

I had to deal with some super-intense emotions this week for the first time since being banded, and it was really hard because 1) I knew I could not "stuff" my feelings with food - it would all have come right back up thank you band!; and 2) I needed to avoid drowning my feelings with alcohol - the stats on bariatric surgery patients developing a replacement addiction with alcohol are staggering - like 35% - so I am hyper aware of that one (not that I don't drink, mind you; I only wish to avoid "needing" to drink). SO how do I deal with these feelings? I went for a run; I went to the gym and pumped iron; I went to church . . all of which helped, but the bottom line is that I can't avoid/stuff/medicate intense feelings anymore. I have to actually feel them, and they are uncomfortable . . . . it's hard, people! By far the hardest thing about this journey.

Good luck to all in this new year!!

172.5 Another one pound week...I'll take it with a smile! Happy New Year!

Oh, I don't want to do this . . . 168! Yikes, I am going WAY the wrong way! Like almost 5 lbs in 2 weeks! I continue to work out 4-5 times a week and I have not eaten enough cals for that to be real, but still . . I don't like to see the scale moving the wrong way!

Even so, my clothes keep getting looser - I can't believe I am still losing inches! All of the 10s I tried on today were too big, I tried a pair of 8s and could easily zip them up . . too tight (for me) to wear out in public yet, but they are pretty darned close - so I'm between an 8 and a 10, and 8 is my goal size. So close size-wise!'

Happy New Year everyone!!!

Riley- thank you for the book suggestions, I'm waiting for them to arrive any day. I read Look Great, Feel Great last week. I need to keep myself aware and honest about what I'm doing.

I'm starting the 5 day pouch test tomorrow. I have to stock up on liquids tonight.

I'm so nervous about going back to my Doc on the 12th. I know that I have to face the music, that I've failed my band. I hate getting in trouble or letting others down. Clearly I don't have a problem letting down myself :blushing::thumbup:. Work in progress... I will be the fit healthy person I want to be. I am that person, just have some extra baggage right now.

Happy New Year Everyone. I've been trying to post since 1/1/10. The darned site wouldn't let me in.

I weighed in at 232 on Friday.

170...2.5 this week! I'm headed for the 60's again! Have a great weekend all! I'm off to shovel...again....-BG